Debra
Constituency No. 229 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
LS constituencyGhatal
Established1957
Total electors184,213
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Debra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 229 Debra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Debra community development block.[1]

Debra Assembly constituency is part of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Debra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Humayun Kabir 95,850 47.00
BJP Bharati Ghosh 84,624 41.00
CPI(M) Prankrishna Mondal 20,723 10.00
SUCI Dipankar Maity 1,509 1.00
NOTA None of the Above 1,353 1.00
Turnout
Majority 11,226
AITC hold Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Debra[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Radhakanta Maiti 86,215 50.57 +6.52#
CPI(M) Sk. Sorab Hossein 77,402 45.40 -10.56
BJP Dilip Kumar Roy 3,893
IPFB Tanbir Murshed Khan 2,969
Turnout 170,479 92.54
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 17.08#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

Sk. Jahangir Karim of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the Debra assembly seat, five times in a row from 1987 to 2006, defeating Mrigendra Nath Maiti of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Radha Kanta Maiti of Trinamool Congress in 2001 Rabindra Nath Bera of Indian National Congress in 1996, and Sk. Mohammed Daud of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Syed Moazzam Hossain of CPI(M) defeated Rabindra Nath Bera of Congress in 1982 and Sukumar Das of Congress in 1977.[4]

1957-1972

Rabindra Nath Bera of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Bijoy Krishna Samanata won in 1969. K.Chakraborty of Bangla Congress won in 1967. Santosh Kumar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1962. Mohini Mohan Pat of Congress won in 1957.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Debra. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Debra. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  4. ^ "218 - Debra Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
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